From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 386
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:51:24 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4363EEDC.6090806@lanl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <12f7bf2af3e9fd212dd65a508a614428@plan9.bell-labs.com>
jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> I'd actually like to go further and only support processors
> that have the CPUID instruction (that includes the plain
> Pentium otherwise my home machine would need to be replaced).
I'm for it. The 386 is dead or should be. Even the crappy embedded stuff
nowadays is at minimum a 486, and usually newer.
Old hardware, let it RIP. Or use it for door stops, or performance art.
ron
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-29 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-29 15:08 Russ Cox
2005-10-29 15:26 ` Lucio De Re
2005-10-29 19:07 ` William Josephson
2005-10-29 20:01 ` jmk
2005-10-29 20:06 ` Lucio De Re
2005-10-29 21:07 ` Uriel
2005-10-29 21:18 ` jmk
2005-10-29 21:51 ` Ronald G Minnich [this message]
2005-10-29 22:31 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2005-10-30 0:50 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-10-30 5:41 ` Jack Johnson
2005-10-30 16:15 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-10-30 20:02 ` jmk
2005-10-30 20:12 ` Uriel
2005-10-30 20:34 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2005-10-30 20:52 ` jmk
2005-10-30 21:15 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2005-10-30 22:56 ` jmk
2005-10-31 0:20 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-10-31 0:49 ` Russ Cox
2005-10-31 21:26 ` Dave Eckhardt
2005-10-30 21:27 ` Mike Haertel
2005-10-31 10:06 ` Charles Forsyth
2005-10-30 22:11 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-10-30 21:16 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2005-10-30 21:53 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-10-29 23:45 ` John DeGood
2005-10-30 0:04 ` William Josephson
2005-10-30 12:59 ` Brantley Coile
2005-10-30 1:14 ` geoff
2005-10-29 20:22 ` Christopher Nielsen
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